Shipping-case for jars and bottles



- (MOdL) B. S. ATWOOD.

SHIPPING CASE FOR JARS AND BOTTLES No. 254,899. Patented Mar. 14,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN S. ATVVOOD, OF SOUTH ABINGTON STATION, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHIPPING-CASE FOR :JARS AND BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 254,899, dated March14, 11882. Application filetl July 30, 1881. (Model) To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN S. Arvvoon, acitizen of the United States,residingat South Abington Station, in the county of Plymouth and Stateot'Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShipping- Oases for Jars and Bottles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

The present invention relates to that class of packing-boxes orshipping-cases having racks or cells for receiving and retainingbottles, jars, or other objects.

The object of the invention is to simplify the construction of the box,so as to better adapt it for retaining the strips or bars constitutingthe rack and permit the latter to be easily removed for cleaning thebox.

Another object is to strengthen the ends of the box and render the sameair-tight by 10- cating a covering-piece on the inside of the customaryhand-holes or openings.

To these ends the invention consists in the,

construction and combination of parts, which will hereinafter be morefully described, and then set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a packing-boxembodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.Fig. 3 is an end elevation representing the hand-hole closed at itsinner side. Fig. 4: is a detail top view of the end of the box.

The sides of the box are preferablyconstructed of a bottom board, A, anda thinner top board, B, so as to cause said bottom board to projectbeyond the upper one at the inside of the box, as is clearly shown inthe drawings. Vertical grooves or gains a are cut in the face of theprojecting portion of the bottom board for receiving the ends ofcrossstrips O, which, in connection with the longitudinal strips D, lctinto the same, constitute a rack or a series of cells.

The sides of the box, instead of being made of two boards, may each beformed of a single board or panel, which is cut so as to have its bottomthicker than its top portion for the above-mentioned object.

The heads or ends of the box are constructed of an outside board, E, aninterior board, F, and vertical pieces G at the sides of the latter. Theoutside board, E, is generally cut so as to form a projecting portion,H, on its inner side, in which are cut the vertical grooves 01 forreceiving the ends of the longitudinal strips D. The interior board, F,rests upon the ledge formed by the projecting portion H of the board E,and the vertical pieces G, located at the sides of the board F, extendfrom the top to the bottom of the box, and its inner surface is flushwith the surface of the board F.

The vertical pieces are cut so as to have the grain of the wood runcrosswise or contrary to the grain of the boards E F, and in this Way Iattain increased strength at the ends of the box. A hand-hole, K, cut ineach end board, E, has its edges beveled or rounded off, and at the topedge of said hand-hole the board E is out out or reduced in thickness,so as to permit the fingers of the person to enter the space or recessformed between said end board and the inside or covering board, F. Thelatter is hollowed out or provided with a cavity, I, opposite theopening in the inner board, E, the upper portion of said cavity beingthe deepest, so as to afford space for the introduction of the hand.

It will be manifest that the ends of the box are perfectly air-tight,or, in other words, air cannot pass through the hand-holes, and for thisreason the contents of the box are kept warmer in winter and eooler insummer, the consumption of ice being also less than if the ends wereleft open. The main object of having the interior bottom portion of thesides and ends of the box project beyond the upper ting the stripsforming said rack to be easily inserted and removed. Hence the box canbe cleaned with greater facility than boxes provided with racks securedin the ordinary way. The cover J of the box is secured or locked by anyapproved fastening device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

end heads, consisting of an outside apertured the lower interior portionof its sides and ends board, two vertical strips or bars, and asmallprojecting inwardly beyond said upper porer interior board having acavity, with the side tion and provided with vertical grooves, inboards, the cover, and the rack let into the 5 combination with thestrips of the rack, del side boards and end heads, as and for thepurtachably fitted in said grooves, substantially pose set forth.

1. A packing-box or shipping-case having as herein set forth. Intestimony whereofI affix my signature in 2. The box-head having ahand-hole, and an presence of two Witnesses. interior covering-boardprovided with a cavity B. S. ATWOOD.

10 located opposite said hand-hole, as and for the I Witnesses:

purpose set forth. E. W. COBB,

3. In a packing-box, the combination of the A. R. PRATT.

